by Tim Floyd | Mar 22, 2019 | Material Flow
Material handling carts are used to improve material flow through any operation. However, even operations that use carts effectively sometimes struggle to identify good cart applications. They use too many forklifts, move things manually, or have stagnant inventory....
by Tim Floyd | Mar 22, 2019 | Website Blog
Lean can be effectively applied at any scale of time or space. Action implemented in a span of one minute or one decade. A system coordinated between five cells or five countries. The incredible power of lean is the power of scale. It’s also an incredible weakness....
by Tim Floyd | Mar 13, 2019 | Workstations
Geolean supports our clients by designing and installing systems that create flow. Flow of materials and information is the best way to create durable improvements in safety, quality, and productivity. Correctly designed flow systems improve operations today and build...
by Tim Floyd | Mar 3, 2019 | Material Flow
You can hear the health, safety, and environment (HSE) team from the next room – flow? What does flow have to do with me? Maybe more than you realize. HSE has a big job to do. The health and safety of operations personnel during normal production operation is...
by Tim Floyd | Dec 1, 2018 | Material Flow
The best way to understand engineered material flow is to consider the opposite. Randomly moving stuff, expedited! is one we encounter often. What is engineered material flow? A correctly designed material flow system is dynamic, interactive, and predictable. Dynamic...
